Back In Time 01-16-2008

Published 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Jan. 16, 1938: The University of New Mexico Lobos turned the tables on Texas Tech tonight to win 41-31 and break even in the two-game border conference series.

W.L. Edlemon, superintendent of Springlake High School, was elected director-general of the Lamb County Interscholastic League at a meeting in Olton this afternoon of Lamb County and school officials.

Convictions were obtained in 110th District Court here on three charges of forgery. The cases were prosecuted by John A. Hamilton, district attorney, and the defense was represented by his father, C.E. Hamilton of Matador.

Jan. 16, 1958: Tractor operators in the four Hale County precincts were given a $10-a-month salary raise recently. The increase, approved by the Commissioners Court on Monday, raised monthly pay from $315 to $325 for machinery operators in Precincts 2, 3 and 4.

Tickets for the Wayland Baptist College Speech Club comedy "And Here Comes Charlie," which will be presented tonight and Friday in the Wayland Auditorium, may be obtained at West Pharmacy, 109 E. Sixth St.

Farm and ranch operators who have paid as much as $100 in cash wages to any of their hands in 1957 must file an employer's tax and information return for agricultural employees by Friday. This announcement was made by D.L. King, administrative officer of IRS in Plainview.

Chauncey Gidney of Plainview left today for Washington, D.C., where he will be assigned a consulate post in South America. Gidney, son of a pioneer Plainview couple, the late Dr. and Mrs. C. Gidney, has been in the consular service since 1930.

Jan. 16, 1978: In a series of peaceful demonstrations, farmers protesting low commodity prices apparently are winning the support of Floydada businessmen as most businesses here were closed today.

Plainview police investigated an act of criminal mischief Friday night at Plainview Lanes, 2202 Quincy, which resulted in several hundred dollars damage to two cars.

An ad reads: the 10th annual Lions Club Pancake Supper will be held Jan. 17 in the PHS cafeteria: all-you-can-eat pancakes for $1.50.

Plainview Boys Club is 7-for-8 for championship honors by winning its own three-day tournament by a wide margin over the weekend. "We really had a tremendous tournament with some of the best boxers in the tri-state area," said coach Frank Dunlap.

Jan. 16, 1998: According to Houston School counselor Pam Moore, the open house there Thursday was a bigger success than they could have imagined.

A picture shows Dirk Williams who narrowly escaped harm when a TV antenna fell from the roof as he was descending a ladder.

Called the Region 17 Option Four Technology Consortium, a business alliance of schools is going to provide Plainview Independent School District with 21st Century technology. The alliance was the focus of Thursday night's school board meeting.